The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-03-04
NEWS FROM CONGRESS-.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Senator Plumb, from the committee on pub
lie lands. to-day reported the senate bill for
the relief of purchasers and other grantees
of the United SIutGs of certain swamp and
overtlOwed lands, and to reimburse and in
demnifY certain states. his Dill was lnGrO-
duCed by Mr.. SpOOner, and provides
1t shall be the duty Of the proper officers Of
the treasury and interior departments to adjust
and settle the claims Of any state against the
United States for all lands which have been or
may hereafter be sold or otherwise disposed OF
by the United States that were included in any
grant Of swamp or overflow lands to such state.
That for all Of said lands in any state which
were sold for cash the said state shall
have credit for the full amount OF the purchase
money received blythe United States as Of the
last day Of the year in which 1t were received
and the same shall be applied TO the payment OF
the Indebtedness, If any, of such state to the
United States, and the balance less such sums
as NAV heretofore been paid or credited as
aforesaid shall be paid over to the said state.
An amendment was made providing that
the amount returned in lieu of the lands
should be at the price per acre fixed by the
state for this land, and If the state had not
liked a price on its land a fair valuation
should be arranged between the United
States and the state to which the money
was to be paid
IN THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Henderson IN. c., from the committee
on elections, submitted a report on the Indi-
ana contested election case of Kidd against
Steele, and it was laid over until Thursday.
The report, which is unanimous, confirms
the light Of the Contestee (Steelel to the
seat It was ordered that the hour for the
daily meeting of the house shall be IL
o'clock.
IN THE SENATE
Sena tor Sherman resigned the Presi-
denCy OF the Senate. 1t is thought that
Mr.. Hoar will succeed him.
The presiding officer presented a commu
n~ication from the secretary of the interior
IN reply to a resolution inqutring as to any
rule IN the pension Office denying O hearing
to applicants who have applied to congress
for relief. The secretary ~encloses a copy Of
the decision on that subject made by Assist
ant Secretary jerks in February, 1886, and
IGys that the matter had not been called to
bis attention by appeal or otherwise.
THE DAILY vEToEs.
The presiding officer presented messages
from the president disappearing pension bills
for Rachel Ann Pierrepont and Jacob Smith,
because like pensions had been granted to
them regularly through the pension office
antedating the period when pensions under
these special acts would take effect; also q
pension bill for John d. Fineher on the ground
Of the absence of disability. The presiding
officer presented memorials from thirteen
posts of the Grand Army of the Republic for
the passage Of the dependent pension bill
over the presidents veto, and like memorials
were presented by other senators. The bill
to provide for the retirement of United
States legal tender and national bank notes
OF small denominations and the issue of coin
certificates, was reported adversely. The
bill making appropriations for the expenses
Of the government Of the District OF Column
bia, and the bill making appropriations for
the military academy, passed. The senate
look up the house bill to enlarge the powers
and 6utinE Of the danaFtn1ant of ooriCulfnra
and to create an executive department, to
be known as the department of agriculture
and labor, and was addressed by Mr.. Miller
In explanation and advocacy of it The bill
went over as unfinished business. The house
amendments to the sundry civil bill were
presented and were disagreed to in bulk and
q conference asked.
THE LOWER HOUSE
Mr.. Bland, as a privileged question, called
up the vetoed bill increasing the pension of
John w. FaTris. He bore testimony from a
personal knowledge of the claimant to the
merit OF the claim and asked that the house
pass the bill over the veto. The house re-
fused to do this-yeas I32, nays 80. The
house resumed in committee of the whole
the consideration Of senate amendments to
the sundry civil appropriation bill. The
recommendations Of the committee having
been adopted, a conference was ordered.
The house went into committee of the
VSGAS ia HkNS DSAtALR u W kAG
postoffice bill. The only section not con-
CURED in was the one appropriatiug $780,
900 for the transportation of foreign mails
by American steamships TO Southern and
Central America and Brazil Mr.. Burrows
moved a concurrence and spoke in favor of
his motion. Pending further debate, the
committee ros1, and the house adopted reso-
lutions of regret at the death of Senator
Pike OF New Hampshire, after several eulo-
gies had been delivered sa-aNt 's.#"
SENATE faI#sa# awr
WASHINGTON, Feb. % .-Petitions in very
large numbers from Grand Army posts, nsk-
Ing for the passage of the dependent pension
bill over the presidents veto, were presented
from Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Con-
n~ecticut, PENNSYLVANIA, Minnesota, New
York, Iowa and Maine A conference report
on the pension appropriation bill was pre-
sented and agreed to. The senate took up
the pleuro-pneumonia bill. MI. Mcpherson
moved to postpone IL till tomorrow and to
proceed to consideration OF the house Joint
resolution for the investigation of the Pa
ciic railroad. The motion was defeated
yeas ~, ray 31-a strict party vote, except
that Mr.. Van Wgck voted with the Demo-
Gratis in the anirmative. Mr.. Hoar gave
notice thai he would Tomorrow ask the sem
ate tc assign a time-probably 2 o'clock
Friday-for the consideration Of the Pacific
railroad inquiry bill Mr.. FRYE made an APP
peal to the senate to consider a message from
the president vetoing the bill that would
allow arrearages Of pension to b. 8. Hopkins,
d Maine volunteer. He described the case
as a remarkable exceptional one n said
that the president had not the information
which he Fryel nov gave the senate. Nj.
Cockrell said:
The facts, il made known TO the pension
bureau, would have justified aa allowance of the
arrearages OF pension: and IL they had been
brought to the attention of the president he
would not have vetoed the bill.
The bill was passed over the veto by o
vote OF 90 to Q. The six nays were Messrs
Beck, Berry, blackburn, Coke, Harris and